MS. Sansk. a. 11 (R)
MSS. Sansk. a.
Contents
A palm-leaf fragmented manuscript of unidentified tantric mantras in Nepalese script.
Ff. 3-4, an unnumbered fragment, and an empty leaf.
Unidentified fragment Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Palm-leaf.
Extent: 3 + i
Dimensions (leaf): 54 × 5 cm.
Foliation: Nepālākṣara numerals, mid-left margin, verso.
Layout
Three columns with five written lines.
Two string holes.
Hand(s)
Hooked Nepālākṣara in black ink.
Binding
Unbound. Kept in a red textile library box.
History
Origin: 13th cent.
Very probably 13th century.
Record Sources
Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1456, p. 265.
Availability
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Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1456, p. 265
Funding of Cataloguing
The cataloguing of this item was made possible through a benefaction from the late John P. Clay, founder and benefactor of the Clay Sanskrit Library.